by | May 9, 2008 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from the LA Times Rhyme and reason in Watts Poet Eric Priestly is in a fight with City Hall to remain in the neighborhood he’s written about for decades. By Erin Aubry Kaplan May 7, 2008 Eric Priestley is out of his place. It’s odd to think of him being...
by | May 7, 2008 | Literary News
from Shelf-Awareness.com Attainment: New Titles Out Next Week Selected new titles appearing next Tuesday, May 13: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (Harper, $23.95, 9780061537936/0061537934) is the story of a dog and his race car driver owner from the point...
by | May 5, 2008 | Literary News, Los Angeles
from the LA Times Q & A: blogger and first-time novelist Mark Sarvas The man behind the Elegant Variation blog and author of ‘Harry, Revised’ is ready for the criticism he’s built a reputation on. Sarvas says he expects the ‘sharp knives...
by | May 2, 2008 | Bright Shiny News, Literary News
from Vanity Fair James Frey’s Morning After What’s it like to write a mega-selling memoir, then become a household word for “liar”? Was James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces an ex-junkie’s con job, part of a proud literary tradition, or just the standard hype of an...
by | May 2, 2008 | Literary News
from the New York Times May 11, 2008 Hardcover Fiction This Week Last Week Weeks On List 1 THE WHOLE TRUTH, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $26.99.) An intelligence agent and a journalist team up against a warmongering defense contractor. 1 2 HOLD TIGHT, by Harlan...
